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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.
Pub. Date
[2013], c2013
Language
English
Description
In this edition of Moyers & Company, two icons of the '60s civil rights era-John Lewis and Bill Moyers-meet to share experiences and revelations related to the momentous March on Washington, which they both attended 50 years ago. Their discussion takes them to the spot in front of the Lincoln Memorial where Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, Roy Wilkins, and others famously spoke about freedom and justice, creating critical momentum for...
Pub. Date
[2010], c1956
Language
English
Description
This Prelinger Archives film is a mid-20th-century look at the aluminum industry and its contributions to major engineering ventures as well as daily life. The documentary opens in the bauxite mines of Jamaica, from which bauxite ore is conveyed over an aerial tramway to waiting ships, then carried to a factory for processing. Emerging as a snow-white powder, the "alumina" is further processed and used in a variety of other industries, including aircraft...
Pub. Date
[2010], c1956
Language
English
Description
This Prelinger Archives film is a mid-20th-century look at the aluminum industry, focusing on a wide variety of products from the Reynolds Metals Company. The film depicts aluminum uses in automobile styling, in home appliances, in product packaging, in cooking and preserving, as a "do-it-yourself" material, and as the key metal in jet airplanes, Diesel engines, buses, and heavy industries. The ease with which aluminum can be handled is demonstrated...
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